A Sunday afternoon I was walking my dog on the beach. Nearby there were probably over a thousand pigeons hanging around the sand. I let him off the leash for a moment and in a flash he bolted, chasing the pigeons like a mad dog. At first I was nervous as there were...

The norm in our society is to go to the doctor and get a prescription for medication, listen to your doctor, and then take your medications as prescribed. Yet people are depending upon prescription medications that often only keep them sick over the long-term. Big...

I just read an interesting article on cracked.com about the 10 most insane medical practices in the world. This article is mocking the doctors and practices of the past. Some of the treatments that were considered standard medical practice, are now looked back upon as...

In pharmacy school, I learned that vaccines were an amazing invention that is credited with stopping serious diseases like polio by being able to trigger an immune response without causing the disease. When we get exposed to a disease causing bacteria or virus, it...

I am always fascinated with people who are able to heal themselves form the so-called “incurable” health conditions and diseases. Duncan Tooley was a high school chemistry teacher, and then a computer programmer. Duncan was one of those people who never really had any...

For many discoveries in the health field, the benefits are great, cutting-edge, amazing, and life-saving. However, over time and with the abuse and overuse, the original beauty and quality that made them special is gone, and the financial incentives and profits become...